Dillen is used as a family name or surname in Ireland, Germany. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Dillen
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Ireland, Germany
Meaning:

The is a variant form of Dillon. The common ancestor of the noble Dillons of Ireland was Henry Dillon, who settled in that country in the year 1183. King John, while Earl of Mortain, gave him immense tracts of land about Drumrany, which were afterwards collectively known as Dillon's country. See Geneal.

Hist. of the Fam. of Brabazon. Nothing seems to be known of the ancestors of this personage or of the origin of the name.

Family name is variation of Diller. To dill is a Northernism meaning to finish, and both this name and Dillman may have been derived from some handicraft.

The lastname is the variation of Dille. Descendant of Dill or Dila meaning "spoiler".

Dillen is variation of Dillon. Descendant of little Dill or Dillo meaning "spoiler".

The surname Dillen is a variation of Dalen. Of the Dales.

How popular is Dillen?

Dillen is common in Belgium, United States, Netherlands, Canada.

Dillen is ranked 113716 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Dillens plummeted by 7.65 per cent to 483 since 2000 and slipped by 4940 spots and ranked at 44500. The last name was found in around 2 per million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 91.72 96.75
Hispanic or Latino 2.9 1.53
Dillen is not so popular last name but still a prevalent surname concentrated mainly in Belgium which may be its country of origin too. Around 4067 people have been found who wears Dillen as their family name. Dillen is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with thousands of Dillen:
483 Belgium2,642
Countries with hundreds of Dillen:
43,584 United States694
6,820 Netherlands420
32,292 Canada103
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
111,432 Brazil52
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
99,068 Germany47
16,759 Venezuela26
280,838 France11
610,955 India11
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
135,538 Australia7
553,295 Thailand6

Immigrants to US

From Germany

Heinrich Dillen was 24 years old when he migrated to USA on September 5, 1864. He lived in Prussia where he worked as farmer and took Adele from Antwerp.

Dillen Namesakes

  • Oscar van Dillen, Dutch composer, conductor, and instrumentalist
  • Ken Dillen, Canadian politician and political activist
  • Johannes Gerard van Dillen, Dutch economic historian
  • Bob Van Dillen, American meteorologist currently working on the 'Morning Express with Robin Meade' show on HLN
  • Karel Dillen, far-right Belgian politician and Flemish nationalist
  • Koenraad Dillen, Belgian politician and a former Member of the European Parliament for Flanders with the Vlaams Belang

Dillen Namesakes

  • Oscar van Dillen, Dutch composer, conductor, and instrumentalist
  • Ken Dillen, Canadian politician and political activist
  • Johannes Gerard van Dillen, Dutch economic historian
  • Bob Van Dillen, American meteorologist currently working on the 'Morning Express with Robin Meade' show on HLN
  • Karel Dillen, far-right Belgian politician and Flemish nationalist
  • Koenraad Dillen, Belgian politician and a former Member of the European Parliament for Flanders with the Vlaams Belang

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